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Professional tea tasting with style

Although this is a gaiwan developed with the requirements for standard tea tasting, at 150ml ISO capacity at below the lid cover, we have it made with all the proper ergonomic requirements, and in a great looking design. Produced in fine kaolin porcelain and gorgeously finished with a glossy overglaze. A great tool for the professional, the real connoisseur or the novice drinker.

Each unit contains one gaiwan bowl with a lid. Choice of three colours.

Satin White Gongfu Shooter

The wide opening of this inverted lampshade style gongfu shooter makes it more efficient in lowering the temperature of the tea for sipping quite immediately after infusion. It is exceptional in helping to maintain the tea’s maximum tactile quality and ergonomically facilitative for sipping most enjoyably. Price for 2 cups

Zhang is not an artist. He is a craftsman. His team of people have hands that can turn a lump of clay into pots and cups with precision and in no time, almost like magic. They make tea vessels for us for practical use, in understated design. Coming from a humble tea tradition, that is only natural for them. They are from Chaozhou, where gongfu tea is more normal than cola.
"Quail Egg" Tea-for-one is light yet sturdy and strong. The matt glaze finish matches with the non-glazed cup rim and pot bottom to complete both the visual and tactile rustic theme of the design. Comes with cushioned wooden box for travelling or as a gift.

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Our all-in-one tea ware has been so popular that we are commissioning a few workshops for new designs. The first three designs come from a small studio in Chaozhou.
This Half-Celadon glazed stoneware continues the established form with a simpler, naive-style design of the side studs, in tune with the overall look of the vessel. Despite its raw look, the clay is fine and smooth to the touch. Cup loosely fits on pot as lid. A great casual gear for the lone-drinker.
A very small experimental batch that we are giving out for free. For details please see this link: February Blessing
Write in the "Leave a Message" section in the check-out page:
T4-1-A for this Half Celadon design

Not for Sale

Our all-in-one tea ware has been so popular that we are commissioning a few workshops for new designs. The first three designs come from a small studio in Chaozhou.
This Yixing style features a cup with double wall for more comfort in handling. Made in high quality replicate Yixing clay and genuinely mature-able. In minimalistic design, with two pot size options: a 90ml in the lighter colour duanni, and a 170ml in the deep brown zisha.
A very small experimental batch that we are giving out for free. For details please see this link:
Write in the "Leave a Message" section in the check-out page: February BlessingT4-1-B: for the 90ml duanni designT4-1-C: for the 170ml zisha design

Dehua in Fujian has been a famous porcelain centre since the Song Dynasty. The tradition of fine white porcelain that has a dense, warm white presence still strives today. We call it jade white, for easy reference. Rushi is the workshop which produced this series for us. This 165 ml capacity design is great for use both as an infusion ware and as a cup. Individually hand-painted.
Set of two gaiwans. Select from the bamboo motif or the lotus motif, or one each of the two designs.

There is more value in this gaiwan than the nice painting, or the use of finer materials or smoother finishes. The mould casting of the body is a lot more even than most other commercially produced vessels. This helps to maintain a steady convection of the hot water during infusion for a smoother liquor, when your tea appreciation skills have evolved to such a stage as to require for that. Available also in the set with a different painting.

150 ml is an important capacity for infusion vessel, because this is one of the standard sizes specified by ISO for preparing tea for tasting. That is also why we think this classic bell shape white china gaiwan is so useful as a utility infusion ware. It is also a large enough size for serving up enough tea using the gongfu approach, yet small enough for most hand sizes to handle. Produced by a very small studio in Chaozhou ( the "capital" of gongfu tea ) using a half-mould, half-handmade process, the thinness at brim of the bowl is ideal for smooth liquid flow and heat management.
Choice of white porcelain and bone china.

A properly styled teapot not only helps to optimize your tea quality, but also allows you to maintain proper etiquette in pouring. This maybe a most affordable tea set solution for the requirement while delivering a stylistic aura of its own. Choice of two surface decoration styles.

Forget about the teabag, or even the infuser or the strainer. This is the all-in-one tea ware complete with the cup. In satin finish Ruyao glaze and with oversize handle for comfortable handling. Also available in crystal green glaze or the beautiful yaobian glaze, both in wooden gift.

Forget about the teabag, or even the infuser or the strainer. This is the all-in-one tea ware complete with the cup. The simple form, yet beautifully yaobian-glazed vessel is great both for daily use or as a gift with its nice looking wooden box. Also available in the yaobian glaze, or if you are more pragmatic, in satin finish Ruyao glaze with extra large handle and packed in simple carton.

Forget about the teabag, or even the infuser or the strainer. This is the all-in-one tea ware complete with the cup. The simple form, yet beautifully yaobian-glazed vessel is great both for daily use or as a gift with its nice looking wooden box. Also available in crystal green glaze, or if you are more pragmatic, in satin finish Ruyao glaze with extra large handle and packed in simple carton.

Classic design with padded aluminum-wrapped stopper designed for easy open and close. Tea stay good for 2 weeks with normal use and conditions. To make a tighter fit for longer storage, fill the caddy and wrap an additional layer of cloth to the stopper and tie it with thread, like how they did it in the old days. Choose from 2 sizes.

Yixing clay chahai for better heat retainment and a second round of enhancement for the body of your infusion. Please remember to use one such chahai for one variety of tea, like you would with the Yixing teapot. A limited edition production.

Tea Hong original name and tagline

Distinction in True Quality

Distinction comes with the ability to recognise, understand and master.
In the realm of fine tea, gems await to be discovered and to shine with pride.
Welcome to Tea Hong. Make our tea shine.

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